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How best to cut my toe nails?

Tw!stEd

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Whats the best way to cut ya toe nails?

Reply 1

Thud

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I find using my teeth tends to work best :rolleyes:

Reply 2

Kolya

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With purpose-specific toe nail clippers. I would not use any other sharp implement you may have in your posession.

Reply 3

matchu

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bint

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dh00001

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jig saw

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sparkly_tiara

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You should cut the nail straight across- don't go into the corners if you want to avoid painful ingrown toenails. I'd also suggest doing it after a bath, when the nails have become slightly softer to avoid accidently clipping off a large chunk!
Oh and finally, use nail clippers, not scissors!

Lou
xxx

Reply 6

Anonymous #1

Indeed, or you could cut your nails whilst in the bath, so that it doesnt make a noise when you cut them, and nail pieces dont go flying off. :smile:

Reply 7

bedbug

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Lol at this :biggrin:

Reply 8

Zlatan

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Whats the best way to cut your toe nails?

Get a pair of those small scissors which they sell in Tescos, the ones which ugly people use to cut themselves.

Reply 9

Dalimyr

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sparkly_tiara

You should cut the nail straight across- don't go into the corners if you want to avoid painful ingrown toenails. I'd also suggest doing it after a bath, when the nails have become slightly softer to avoid accidently clipping off a large chunk!
Oh and finally, use nail clippers, not scissors!

Lou
xxx

Ingrown toenails ****ing hurt, and despite being under local anaesthetic they can be painful to remove. I've had a couple of bad experiences - the latest case was with a whole nail being removed, I needed anaesthetic on both sides of my toe...the left side went numb very quickly, but I could still feel everything on the right side - no matter how much anaesthetic was injected into me, I could still feel it, so I eventually told the woman to cut the nail out and I'd take the pain :eek:

Not an experience I particularly enjoyed, but I'd do it again if I was stuck in that situation again; I weighed up the options of having a lot of pain for a few minutes getting the nail removed, or having a little bit less pain (but still quite a lot) for over a month before potentially being put into that position again, and I imagine I made the right choice.

Cut nails straight across and avoid going into the corners to prevent getting an ingrown toenail :wink:

In addition to the pain and swelling caused by ingrown toenails, they can also cause blood poisoning...they're most definitely not a pleasant thing to have.